(n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sewel is also recorded complaining about the level of appearance allowances at the House of Lords .
(2) Campbell was the youngest of 12 and his parents, Wilhelmina and Sewell, appear in the book as hard-working, providing parents.
(3) Richard Sewell's diary reveals that he and New Zealand ambassador Chris Beeby were closely involved with the ambitious plot to fly the US diplomats to safety at a time when anti-American rhetoric was at an all-time high following the overthrow of the Shah and Washington's decision to harbour its dying ally.
(4) D’Souza said: “[The] revelations about the behaviour of Lord Sewel are both shocking and unacceptable.
(5) Sewel, who had declined to apologise on Monday night when he announced he would take a leave of absence from the House of Lords, heeded growing calls for him to resign altogether in letter on Tuesday morning to the clerk of the parliaments, David Beamish.
(6) Photograph: Dean Sewell The PAC report states the expansion would safeguard 1,187 jobs over the next 14 years, provide $567m in royalties and there would be “substantial adverse economic impacts” to the towns of Singleton and Cessnock if the project doesn’t go ahead.
(7) It’s still going to take some time, I suspect, to get to the full truth.” The real Lord Sewel scandal is financial, not sexual | Suzanne Moore Read more The House of Lords authorities may face a delay of up to a year before they can use new powers to suspend or expel Sewel.
(8) The paper said the footage was filmed in Sewel’s flat in Dolphin Square.
(9) I am sad for his family.” D’Souza, who described Sewel’s behaviour on Sunday as “shocking and unacceptable”, suggested he may have breached the House of Lords code of conduct, which obliges peers to abide by the seven principles laid down by the committee on standards in public life.
(10) Stowell, who indicated that Sewel faced strong pressure to resign, told the BBC: “I think it is right that he’s decided to resign, I think it is disappointing he didn’t do so sooner.” Tim Farron, the Lib Dem leader, called on Britain’s political leaders to agree to hold a constitutional convention to decide on reforms to the lords.
(11) Cercariae are of ophthalmoxiphidiocercous type with very long tail and are identical to Cercariae Indicae XLIX Sewell, 1922.
(12) Bill Sewell Wymondham, Norfolk • What now for Lib Dems?
(13) I am sad for his family.” 5pm: Sewel announces he will take leave of absence from the Lords .
(14) Finally, I want to apologise for the pain and embarrassment I have caused.” Lord Sewel: timeline of events following Sun on Sunday revelations Read more Sewel’s decision will raise questions about whether Paul Kernaghan, the House of Lords commissioner for standards, will continue with his investigation into whether the peer broke the code of conduct for the upper house.
(15) Sewel’s alleged racist comments about Asian women and insults against fellow peers while holding a position in charge of the Lords’ standards and privileges prompted calls for further reforms to the upper chamber.
(16) Sewel is also facing calls to resign from parliament altogether – and could become the first peer expelled under new rules that he helped to introduce, even if police take no further action.
(17) 12pm: David Cameron suggests Lord Sewel should be expelled from the Lords over what he called “very serious” allegations.
(18) The paper said the footage was filmed in Sewel’s flat in Dolphin Square, a short walk from the House of Lords.
(19) In practice, the Scottish parliament would be invited to refuse legislative consent via a Sewel motion .
(20) I rather wish we did.” Boothroyd was more forthright in calling on Sewel to resign from the Lords.
Sewer
Definition:
(n.) One who sews, or stitches.
(n.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)
(n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
(n.) Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.
Example Sentences:
(1) After visiting the H-blocks, the Catholic archbishop Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich compared the conditions to "the sewer pipes in the slums of Calcutta".
(2) Christmas 2013 caused 2,635 sewer blockages in Yorkshire alone.
(3) Soon, reformers known as “sanitarians” focused their attention on replacing the haphazard and unsanitary plumbing arrangements in homes and workplaces with technologically advanced public sewer systems.
(4) But nothing has been done about the stinking open sewers that run through the densely packed community and overflow whenever there is heavy rain.
(5) The use of self-topping aqua privies, discharging through sewers to oxidation ponds, has made possible the economic installation of water-carriage systems of waste disposal in low-cost high-density housing areas.In the oxidation ponds, typhoid bacteria appear to be more resistant than indicator organisms; helminths, cysts and ova settle out; there are no snails and, if peripheral vegetation is removed, mosquitos will not breed.
(6) Although the efficiency of the method was influenced by the composition and source of the sediments it was used successfully to detect viruses occurring in marine and freshwater sediments near sewer outfalls.
(7) In general, there is an improvement in chlorination, sewers and sewage-depuration equipment.
(8) Fatbergs build up on sewer roofs like mushy stalactites.
(9) In common usage, “myth” is at best the word we use to refer to amusingly preposterous urban legends – tales about albino alligators in the Manhattan sewers or the Holy Grail’s hiding place under the floor of a Paris shopping mall.
(10) No demographic risk factors were associated with the incidence of this disease including population density, median family income, crowding in housing units, percentage of households with public water supply, and percentage of households with public sewers.
(11) The apparent sources of these organisms were a residential storm sewer and a University of Wisconsin Experimental Farms' washwater drain.
(12) • Wipes, nappies, sanitary towels, rags and condoms do not break down easily and can snag on pipes, drains and the walls of sewers, leading to blockages.
(13) Inspection of the pool revealed significant plumbing defects which had allowed ingress of sewage from the main sewer into the circulating pool water.
(14) Paint and pesticides were disposed of by 10% of the households, but were dumped on the ground sewer or landfills more than 90% of the time.
(15) "So you've got open sewers, and shared toilets out in the open.
(16) Animals near the Los Angeles County sewer outfall contain over 45 times as much tDDT as animals near major agricultural drainage areas.
(17) But that’s for the future – a vast concrete sewer that may well be serviced by robots, or even drones.
(18) The effluent open sewer, situated in the north suburban district, drives into the sea the content of three maximum sewers that recollect domiciliary branches.
(19) They believed they wanted to take control and believed Britain would be better off … These kind of awful things are done by a minority who come from the sewers who want to exploit division and have their own racist agenda.” Map Halfon, who backed remain, added: “All of us need to stand up for tolerance and kindness and against any kind of division.” Police in Harlow have been given the power to order anyone involved in crime or harassment to leave The Stow.
(20) The effective energetic expenditure during a work shift was from 659 to 1020 kcal for weavers, from 740 to 1000 kcal for spinners and from 522 to 1105 kcal for sewers, which points to an uncomparable load at monomial workplaces equipped with different machines.